Will they never learn?

Congratulations to my old friend Dan Hannan for being tossed out of the euro-federalist EPP. His protests against the EU Constitution were getting no press. The filibustering (such as it was) wasn't making a difference. Now the autocrats, dismayed by any criticism, have done what they always do - they have made a martyr of Dan. This has gotten more attention to his efforts than anything he could have done himself. If the eurocratic complex in Brussels and Strasbourg had simply ignored him, the press most likely would have as well. This is always the un-doing of people who don't tolerate dissent, they go to far and expose just how thin-skinned they are and end up attracting even more attention to their critics. Well done Dan and keeping fighting the good fight!